Climber’s Pattern of Abandonment Leads to Manslaughter Conviction
An amateur mountaineer has been found guilty of gross negligent manslaughter following the death of his girlfriend on Austria’s highest peak. Thomas P was handed a suspended sentence and a fine for leaving Kerstin G, who was exhausted and unable to continue the climb in freezing conditions, exposed on a ridge. The court emphasized that given his superior mountaineering skills and her reliance on him, he bore responsibility for her death, a ruling that may set an international precedent.
John Q. Hosedrinker